Why is my DA 1?!

[HarrietB]

Hi all,

I blog at www.thebeautyswatch.com and have a dismal DA of 1! Does anyone know why?

Thanks,

H

[WilliamKammer]

This is probably due to a couple reasons:

One reason might be your lack of links pointing to your site. There's aren't a lot of websites linking to you, and the ones that are, aren't of high authority.

Another reason might be that the blog network you're apart of appears to be selling links. I'm not sure if Moz's DA takes that into consideration, but I know Google does. You can see what I'm talking about under the "SEO" heading here: http://www.etailpr.com/bloggernetwork/advertisers

[Bryan_Loconto]

Hey HarrietB!

For starters, your domain was just registered on February 22, 2013

source: http://who.is/whois/www.thebeautyswatch.com

Second, you don't have any other sites linking to your domain. See the screenshot I attached from OSE.

I wouldn't focus too much effort on your DA or PA as these numbers will naturally increase over time. Stay focused on creating quality content that visitors will find useful and like, share, etc. This will help develop your authority. Hope this helps!!

kYJvvIU

[Chris.Menke]

Harriet,

It looks like you're  doing a good job maintaining a posting schedule but I'd say that with your broad topics, you may be biting off more than you can chew, as far as defining and speaking to a target audience. If your blog doesn't have an audience that is engaged enough to comment on posts and share post content with others, authority for the domain will remain low.

Your posts cover topics from home decor/accessories to dating, to makeup, to gyms, to love, to wishlists and there's no doubt that these topics easily fall within the realm of health and beauty and are relevant to a broad audience. But authority and pagerank are about audience engagement and links, which are hard to get unless you're able to communicate on a intimate level with your audience.    Big time publishers with staffs of writers are better able to do that on the scale of diverse topics that you are attempting.

I recommend choosing a core topic that may overlap into the various areas that you like to write about but which, by itself, is far less competitive and far more focused. Focus on you, for example.  Focus on what makes you interesting and then on how dating, gyms, love, wishlists, decor each/all make you more interesting to those you wish will find you interesting. You're much more likely to gain authority like that.